Drewitz-Crockett Faculty Accomplishments
EDUCATION: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN *Ph.D. Candidate in English *Dissertation: "Products of This Ground: Land as Refuge in the Works of Three Kentucky Women Writers" *M.A. in English - 2005 *Thesis: "Angel on the Mountain: Homestead Heroism in Appalachian Fiction." Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN *B.A. in English - 2000, magna cum laude *2000 Distinguished Graduate in English *State Teaching License Grades 7 - 12, Tennessee & Kentucky *Summer abroad program - Imperial College, London, UK
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN *Instructor of English - Fall 2008 - Present *Adjunct Instructor of English - Spring 2008 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN *Graduate Teaching Associate - Fall 2004 - Spring 2008 *Graduate Teaching Assistant - Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY *11th Grade Humanities/12th Grade English Teacher - August 2001 - May 2003 *6th Grade Language Arts Teacher - August 2000 - May 2001
COURSES TAUGHT: Carson-Newman College *Writing & Literary Studies 301 *Writing & Literary Studies 201 *Writing & Literary Studies 101 *Writing & Literary Studies 101 - ST *Basic Writing Skills ASD - 031 University of Tennessee *English/Cinema Studies 281 *Composition 102 "Inquiry into Southern Appalachia" *Composition 101 CAMPUS & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE: *Carson-Newman Appalachian Steeple - Fall 2008 - Present *Honors Council - Fall 2009 - Spring 2010 *Interim Director of Carson-Newman Appalachian Center - Spring 2009 *Co-Sponsor of Alpha Lambda Delta - 2009 - 2010 *Carson-Newman Faculty Women's Club *Vice President 2009 - 2010 *Hiring Search Committee for Library - Summer 2010
*U.T. Appalachian Colloquy *U.T. Department of English Textbook Review Committee *Graduate Teaching Assistant Mentor - Fall 2005 to Spring 2008 *Volunteer Mentor University of Tennessee Commission for Women *First & Second Year M.A. Representative U.T. Graduate Students in English
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS,HONORS, & AWARDS: *Appalachian Studies Association *South Atlantic Modern Language Association *Omicron Delta Kappa *Phi Kappa Phi
*Appalachian College Association John B. Stephenson Faculty Fellowship 2010 - 2011
*Terry Ward Memorial Award for Advancement in Elizabeth Madox Roberts Studies April 18, 2009
*Hodges Teaching Award Finalist - Experienced Teaching Associate - Spring 2007
*Hodges Teaching Award Finalist - New Teaching Associate - Spring 2005
*University of Tennessee English Department Chancellor's Scholarship 2005 - 2006
*Hugh T. Keenan Dissertation Scholarship Fall 2009
*Colonial Dames of America Scholarship Recipient - Fall 2007 - Spring 2009 *Invited Speaker - Colonial Dames of America Luncheon Spring 2007 & Fall 2008
PRESENTATIONS: *"Tennessee Women Writers: Mary Noailles Murfree" Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Radford, VA, March 2005
*"Mary Noailles Murfree: Life and Works" Women of Appalachia Conference, Zanesville, OH, November 2005
*"Revisiting 'My Mountain Home': The Precarious Legacy of the Walker Sisters" Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Maryville, TN, March 2007
*”The TA/GTA Relationship” Invited Panelist – U.T. Teaching Workshops August 2007
*"A 'fine face atop some strange trousered figure': Representations of Women in Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and the Homestead Hero in Appalachian Literature" South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2007
*"The Poetics of Louisa Walker" Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, LA, April 2008
*"Representations of Home in Harriette Arnow's Kentucky Trilogy" South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Louisville, KY, November 2008
*"'An Uneven Stair': Elizabeth Madox Roberts and the Question of Appalachian Identity" Elizabeth Madox Roberts Conference, Springfield, KY, April 2009 Co-presentation with Dr. Vicki Barker, Carson-Newman College
*"Teaching Southern Appalachia through Research" Invited Presenter - U.T. Stokely Conference for Teaching Writing June 12, 2009
*"'The Imaginative World of Character: Female Narrators in Robert Morgan's Fiction" - Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Dahlonega, GA, March 20, 2010
PUBLICATIONS: *"A 'fine face atop some strange trousered figure': Representations of Women in Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and the Homestead Hero in Appalachian Literature" in Carson-Newman Studies 11.3
*"Barbara Kingsolver" and "James Lane Allen" in The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture Vol. 9 Literature - University of North Carolina Press
*"Authority, Details, and Intimacy: Southern Appalachian Women In Robert Morgan's Family Novels" in Southern Quarterly - Special Issue on Robert Morgan Spring 2010
*Book Review: Southern Appalachian Poetry: An Anthology of Works by 37 Poets & Coal: A Poetry Anthology - Journal of Appalachian Studies Spring 2010
REFERENCES: *Contact information provided upon request.